Docker

Overview

Per Wikipedia (secondary), founded in 2008 as dotCloud by Kamel Founadi, Solomon Hykes and Sebastien Pahl (Paris; US incorporation 2010); renamed Docker, Inc. on 2013-10-29. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Don Johnson became CEO in February 2025, succeeding Scott Johnston (Wikipedia).

Products

• Docker Engine (open source container runtime), Docker Hub (registry), Docker Desktop (GUI for Windows, Linux, macOS). Docker’s contributions to CNCF projects containerd and runC are not verified here.
• Docker Desktop moved to a Business subscription tier with changed licensing in August 2021 (per Wikipedia, secondary).
• MCP tooling: see Docker MCP vs Gradio toolsets

Timeline

All entries below are from Wikipedia (secondary) and are not checked against Docker or filings.

• 2015-04: reportedly valued above USD 1B (“unicorn”).
• 2019-11: Mirantis reportedly acquired Docker’s enterprise business; USD 35M recapitalisation round.
• 2022-03: reportedly USD 105M Series C led by Bain Capital.
• 2025-09: reportedly acquired MCP Defender (AI security). Other acquisitions listed by Wikipedia include Orchard, SocketPlane, Tilt and AtomicJar (Testcontainers).

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker,_Inc. (secondary; fetched 2026-10-05)

Open items

• Docker’s 2025-2026 AI product line (MCP Catalog/Toolkit, model runner) not checked against docker.com; the vault MCP note covers it.